Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:04 pm on 14 December 2016.
I’m certainly supportive of the principle of supporting post offices in our communities, and rightly so, but the Member is right that this decision matter lies with the UK Government. I am not aware of the plans to close rural post offices. I think the Member may have picked up this story from ‘The Telegraph’—[Interruption.]—and other information sources. My understanding is that the current UK Government has committed to maintaining the post office network at its current size of 11,600 branches, but he’s right to raise the issue that we should keep an eye on what they’re doing in Westminster, as who knows what they may do with the post offices in the future.